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Helllo, Gen Con!
As photographic evidence reveals, I’m thrilled to be at Gen Con this year! This my first convention-chance to talk with people about 13th Age 2e and to sell the new boxed set. I’ve also got exciting...
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Strange Stories Now on Backerkit (Guest Post!)
Here's a guest post from Jonathan Tweet. I'm one of the players who he forbade from looking into this game, so I publish this with less oversight than you'd think! --Rob This new TTRPG looks so good...
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What We’re Playing: Tabletop H through W
The upper end of the alphabet leans into games played with friends who prefer casual fare. Hot Streak Four hapless lower league baseball mascots race. You place your bets and contribute a secret card...
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What I’ve Been Playing: Tabletop A Through F
Here are notes on games I’ve played in the past couple months, with game design comments where appropriate. Covering four games at a time means there’ll be a follow-up or two. I didn't intend to begin...
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13th Age 2e: A Two-Hour Freeform Adventure
If you’re looking for a fun adventure to run as a one-shot at a convention, or for new players, or to jump-start a campaign when you don’t have anything planned ahead of time, check out the 2-Hour...
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New for 13th Age: Monster Stat Descriptors
There’s something new in the way we’re presenting monster stats in 13th Age. Jonathan came up with it. I’m calling it the descriptor approach. After using something similar in Ars Magica and in Over...
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The Icons of Arduin, Blessed Arduin
On the nights I GM, I’ve been running a wild dungeon-crawl centered 13th Age game that attempts to live up to Hargrave’s eclectic grimoires. The players and I started the campaign by inventing our...
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Sita Rutu Karu Tuleb
That’s one of two Estonian phrases my father taught me in the last few years of his life. He’d been weirdly reinvigorated by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, tracing the early war news in Estonian and...
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13th Age 2E Round-up: It’s Shipping!
I got both the deluxe versions of the Heroes’ Handbook and Gamemaster’s Guide and The Art of 13th Age in the mail on Wednesday. I took them along to gaming that night and set up the delightful GM...
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Skill & Strategy in Legendary: Game of Thrones
Despite the subject line, today’s blog is not a strategy guide! Instead, it’s a look at a couple of cards from the about-to-release Legendary: Game of Thrones showing how I redefined two Hero classes...
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Legendary: Game of Thrones, Releasing Soon as a Cutthroat Card Game
I love the Legendary deck-building game designed by Devin Low! Lisa and I were in the same city as Devin when he made the original edition, so we got to playtest as the game took shape. Since then...
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City of Bones: a Wonderful Martha Wells Novel
The success of Martha Wells Murderbot stories has reopened the window for well-supported publication for some of her earlier books! One of my favorites of her earlier stories is City of Bones. Wells...
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Digital Launch for 13th Age 2E!
Our several-year labor of love, 13th Age Second Edition, is out! Well, it’s some-of-the-way out! Past the first stage of modern rpg publication. It’s Digitally Launched! If you backed the Kickstarter...
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13th Age 2E: Chapter 2 Creating Characters, and AMA on Friday the 13th
(art by Aaron McConnell & Lee Moyer) The High Druid gets the nod as the iconic lead for the short chapter that covers ability score generation, defense math, and the outline of all the character...
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13th Age 2E: Chapter 1 Example of Play
(art by Lee Moyer and Aaron McConnell) Today's image is the opening spread from Chapter 1 of the Heroes' Handbook. When I suggested that we reorganize the book by putting the combat rules ahead of the...
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trumpelon Aims to Shoot the Moon
If you play Hearts, you’ll recognize the strategy of the USA’s current White House. The goal of Hearts is to avoid taking points; 1 point for each of the 13 Hearts, 13 points for taking the Queen of...
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13th Age 2E Pages: Little Demons
For the next few weeks, I’m going to share two-page spreads from 13th Age 2E. The images are showing up first as Kickstarter updates. Here in my blog, I’ll post notes on game design and mechanics. If...
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Calling the Ancestors & Faring Forward Bravely
Laura Galli's painting above, from 13th Age 2E, illustrates the icon connection example when a half-orc with a connection to a High Druid averts bloodshed at a harvest festival invaded by (evil) elves...
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Link to a Flames Rising Interview and Notes on 13th Age 2E Art
Monica Valentinelli asked some fun questions about 13th Age 2E and I wrote a few long answers. You can find the interview on Flames Rising here. An interview question about how design philosophy might...
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13th Age Interview List, Annotated, with a Bit of 4E
Blue Dragon in Battle, 2E art by Simone Bannach The interview list comes first. At the end there's a note about this weekend's 4E interview and streaming game on the GenCon channel! I’ve been busy...
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